Adam Walsh Papers
Collection
Identifier: AWA
Scope and Contents
The Adam Walsh Papers consist mostly of materials related to Adam Walsh's football coaching career, his political career, his induction into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1968, his death in 1985, publications and clipping about Walsh, books inscribed to Walsh, and other correspondence, speeches, photographs, and ephemera from throughout his life.
Of particular note are the materials documenting his two years coaching the professional Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams (1945-46). The 1945 Rams won the NFL championship. The Rams material includes Walsh’s hand-drawn offensive playbooks for 1945 and 1946 and his hand-drawn defensive playbooks with defensive schemes tailored to the Rams’ specific opponents in 1945 and 1946.
Correspondence in the collection documents Walsh’s college coaching career. Materials include his original letter of appointment as the Head Coach at Santa Clara University in 1925, seven telegrams from University of Notre Dame Head Coach Knute Rockne, and a letter of recommendation for Walsh written by Stanford Coach Glenn “Pop” Warner.
The documentation of Walsh’s political career includes campaign materials, a 1960 telegram from Lyndon B. Johnson, a 1968 letter from Ramsey Clark, and invitations for Walsh to the 1960 and 1964 Presidential Inaugurations.
Materials include letters, telegrams, newspaper clippings, books, magazines, ephemera, certificates, report cards, postcards, certificates, speeches, political posters, political fliers, invitations, programs, wills, eulogies, tickets stubs, tickets, and diplomas.
Of particular note are the materials documenting his two years coaching the professional Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams (1945-46). The 1945 Rams won the NFL championship. The Rams material includes Walsh’s hand-drawn offensive playbooks for 1945 and 1946 and his hand-drawn defensive playbooks with defensive schemes tailored to the Rams’ specific opponents in 1945 and 1946.
Correspondence in the collection documents Walsh’s college coaching career. Materials include his original letter of appointment as the Head Coach at Santa Clara University in 1925, seven telegrams from University of Notre Dame Head Coach Knute Rockne, and a letter of recommendation for Walsh written by Stanford Coach Glenn “Pop” Warner.
The documentation of Walsh’s political career includes campaign materials, a 1960 telegram from Lyndon B. Johnson, a 1968 letter from Ramsey Clark, and invitations for Walsh to the 1960 and 1964 Presidential Inaugurations.
Materials include letters, telegrams, newspaper clippings, books, magazines, ephemera, certificates, report cards, postcards, certificates, speeches, political posters, political fliers, invitations, programs, wills, eulogies, tickets stubs, tickets, and diplomas.
Dates
- 1914 - 2007
- Majority of material found within 1925 - 1968
Creator
- Walsh, Adam James, 1901-1985 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical / Historical
Born in Churchvilla, Iowa, and raised in Los Angeles, California, Adam Walsh was the captain and starting center on the undefeated 1924 University of Notre Dame Football team that was popularly known as the Four Horsemen and the Seven Mules. After leaving Notre Dame in 1925, Walsh was the head football coach at Santa Clara University (1925-1928), an assistant football coach at Yale University (1929-1933), an assistant football coach at Harvard University (1934), the head football coach at Bowdoin College (1935-1942 and 1947-1958), an assistant football coach at Notre Dame University (1944), and the head football coach of the professional Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams (1945-1946). He was inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1968.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Walsh was active in the Democratic Party in the state of Maine, representing Brunswick for two terms in the Maine House of Representatives. He served two terms as a United States Marshal, appointed by President John F. Kennedy and re-appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Walsh died on January 12, 1985, at the age of 83.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Walsh was active in the Democratic Party in the state of Maine, representing Brunswick for two terms in the Maine House of Representatives. He served two terms as a United States Marshal, appointed by President John F. Kennedy and re-appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Walsh died on January 12, 1985, at the age of 83.
Extent
1.5 Cubic Feet (2 Letter-Sized Document Cases 1 Legal-Sized Document Case)
Language of Materials
English
- Admission tickets Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Black-and-white prints (photographs) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Books Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Bowdoin College -- Football -- History
- Certificates Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Cleveland Rams (Football team)
- Color prints (photographs) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Diplomas Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ephemera (general object genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Eulogies (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Football -- Coaching Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Invitations Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Letters (correspondence) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Los Angeles Rams (Football team : 1946-1994)
- Magazines (periodicals) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Maine -- Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- National Football Foundation
- National Football Hall of Fame (U.S.)
- National Football League
- Newspaper clippings Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing
- Political fliers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Political posters Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Postcards Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Programs (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Relief halftones (prints) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Report cards Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Rockne, Knute, 1888-1931
- Santa Clara University (Calif.) -- Football -- History
- Speeches (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Telegrams Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ticket stubs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- University of Notre Dame -- Football -- History
- Visual works Subject Source: Local sources
- Wills Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Creator
- Walsh, Adam James, 1901-1985 (Person)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Greg Bond
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository